Stage, Page & Screen with Josh Shipp Josh Shipp

In order to grow your business and your impact on audiences you need to understand your "core message." Your core message is the umbrella under which you'll find your speaking or writing topics, learn how to best communicate with your audiences, and build the life and business you've been dreaming about. Speaker Nicki Joiner joins us this episode to talk about the things she's learned on the search to identify and apply her core message.

From growing an author’s platform to choosing just the right editorial quote for a book’s front cover, Aryn has seen what works and what definitely does NOT when it comes to turning ideas into bestsellers. The result? A heaping plateful of insight and tools that could take YOUR book idea to the top of the charts.

Preparation is key when it comes to crafting and delivering a GREAT presentation. In this episode, DK, an internationally-reknown speaker coach, explains the unconventional approach he's developed that has helped hundreds of speakers level-up their speaking game and blow audiences away. His thoughts on the topic are both charming and powerful, so prepare to be inspired, impressed, and empowered.

Juan Bendana went from dreaming about becoming a speaker in one moment to taking the main stage of education’s biggest event in the next. In between those moments, he had to face the ability he lacked while jumping whole-heartedly into an incredible opportunity. It was then that Juan learned some harsh but helpful realities about CONFIDENCE, an essential component for building a satisfying and impactful life. Since then, he's built a successful business (and landed a major book deal) helping people develop confidence. You'll come away from this episode super-charged to take on your next big challenge!

As communicators, we put ourselves out there - on stages, pages, and screens - in the service of others. We try not to hold anything back. But what about our faith? Is that something we need everyone to see from the stage or up on a screen? Are we hiding (or even lying) if we don’t talk about our faith as much as we talk about everything else? Our friend, Ketric Newell, has wrestled with those questions and found some answers that he generously shares with us on this episode!

Morgan Gist MacDonald is turning the publishing world upside down. With a background in traditional publishing and a wealth of insight and tools (and team members), her company, Paper Raven Books, is revolutionizing book marketing for first-time and well-established authors of every genre. If you've ever had an interest in publishing a book (or ANOTHER book) and want it to make a significant impact, then you're going to especially geek out on this episode, just like we did.